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Germany starts training 32 Kurdish fighters
http://kdhnews.com/news/world/germany-starts-training-kurdish-fighters/article_98113d75-09f7-5223-84bc-70565e832faa.htmlGermany starts training 32 Kurdish fighters
Posted: Sunday, September 28, 2014 6:18 am
Associated Press
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's army has started training 32 Kurdish peshmerga fighters at an army school in Bavaria to support them in their fight against Islamic State extremists.
A spokesman for the German defense ministry said Sunday that the 32 Kurdish fighters would stay in Germany until October 3 to receive weapons' training.
Germany also began delivering arms to the Kurds in northern Iraq on Thursday, dispatching a shipment of 50 hand-held anti-tank weapons, 520 G3 rifles and 20 machine guns.
In total, the German plan calls for arming 10,000 Kurdish fighters with some 70 million euros ($90 million) worth of equipment.
